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 Revision history for Perl extension Moose
 
-0.56
+0.56 Mon September 1, 2008
+    For those not following the series of dev releases, there are
+    several major changes in this release of Moose.
+      ! Moose::init_meta should now be called as a method. See the
+        docs for details.
+
+      - Major performance improvements by nothingmuch.
+
+      - New modules for extension writers, Moose::Exporter and
+        Moose::Util::MetaRole by Dave Rolsky.
+
+      - Lots of doc improvements and additions, especially in the
+        cookbook sections.
+
+      - Various bug fixes.
+
+    * Removed all references to the experimental-but-no-longer-needed
+      Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToMetaclassInstance.
+
+    * Require Class::MOP 0.65.
+
+0.55_04 Sat August 30, 2008
+    * Moose::Util::MetaRole
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
+      - This simplifies the application of roles to any meta class, as
+        well as the base object class. Reimplemented metaclass traits
+        using this module. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
+      - This a new recipe, an overview of various ways to write Moose
+        extensions (Dave Rolsky)
+
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe3
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe4
+      - These used to be Extending::Recipe1 and Extending::Recipe2,
+        respectively.
+
+0.55_03 Fri August 29, 2008
+    * No changes from 0.55_02 except increasing the Class::MOP
+      dependency to 0.64_07.
+
+0.55_02 Fri August 29, 2008
+    * Makefile.PL and Moose.pm
+      - explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)
+
+    * Moose::Util::TypeConstraints
+      - Fix warnings from find_type_constraint if the type is not 
+        found (t0m).
+      
+    * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
+      - Predicate methods (equals/is_a_type_of/is_subtype_of) now
+        return false if the type you specify cannot be found in the
+        type registry, rather than throwing an unhelpful and
+        coincidental exception. (t0m).
+        - added docs & test for this (t0m)
+    
+    * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Registry
+      - add_type_constraint now throws an exception if a parameter is
+        not supplied (t0m).
+        - added docs & test for this (t0m)
+
+    * Moose::Cookbook::FAQ
+      - Added a faq entry on the difference between "role" and "trait"
+        (t0m)
+
+    * Moose::Meta::Role
+      - Fixed a bug that caused role composition to not see a required
+        method when that method was provided by another role being
+        composed at the same time. (Dave Rolsky)
+        - test and bug finding (tokuhirom)
+        
+0.55_01 Wed August 20, 2008
+
+    !! Calling Moose::init_meta as a function is now         !!
+    !! deprecated. Please see the Moose.pm docs for details. !!
+
     * Moose::Meta::Method::Constructor
       - Fix inlined constructor so that values produced by default
-        or builder methods are coerced as required + test (t0m)
+        or builder methods are coerced as required. (t0m)
+        - added test for this (t0m)
+
+    * Moose::Meta::Attribute
+      - A lazy attribute with a default or builder did not attempt to
+        coerce the default value. The immutable code _did_
+        coerce. (t0m)
+        - added test for this (t0m)
 
     * Moose::Exporter
       - This is a new helper module for writing "Moose-alike"
@@ -11,6 +93,22 @@ Revision history for Perl extension Moose
         much easier. (Dave Rolsky)
 
     * Moose
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe5
+      - Implemented metaclass traits (and wrote a recipe for it):
+
+          use Moose -traits => 'Foo'
+
+        This should make writing small Moose extensions a little
+        easier (Dave Rolsky)
+
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1
+      - Removed any examples of direct hashref access, and applied an
+        editorial axe to reduce verbosity. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1
+      - Also applied an editorial axe here. (Dave Rolsky)
+
+    * Moose
     * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
     * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
       - Rewrote extending and embedding moose documentation and
@@ -22,6 +120,21 @@ Revision history for Perl extension Moose
         package "main" package, because we will not export sugar to
         main. Previously it just did nothing. (Dave Rolsky)
 
+    * Moose::Role
+      - Now provide an init_meta method just like Moose.pm, and you
+        can call this to provide an alternate role metaclass. (Dave
+        Rolsky and nothingmuch)
+      - get_method_map now respects the package cache flag (nothingmuch)
+
+    * Moose::Meta::Role
+      - Two new methods - add_method and wrap_method_body
+        (nothingmuch)
+
+    * many modules
+      - Optimizations including allowing constructors to accept hash
+        refs, making many more classes immutable, and making
+        constructors immutable. (nothingmuch)
+
 0.55 Sun August 3, 2008
     * Moose::Meta::Attribute
       - breaking down the way 'handles' methods are